Villanova’s 79-62 win over Michigan in the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship on Monday night delivered an average minute audience of 16.5 million viewers across TBS, TNT, truTV and streaming platform NCAA March Madness Live. This marks a new viewer low for the event, falling lower than the previous record low of 17.1 million of UConn/Georgia Tech on CBS from 2004.

The three-cable network telecast peaked at a combined 17.9 million viewers in the 10-10:15 p.m. ET quarter hour, which was just prior to halftime.

Despite the comparative lows, the game still dominated the prime time TV landscape on the night.

(Source: Turner Sports)

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Monday, April 2:

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